Breneman v. West

FLY, Associate Justice.

Appellant sued Lionel Graham and George W. West to recover the sum of $100,000 damages for malicious prosecution on a charge of embezzlement. Graham being a resident of London, England, could not be cited, and the suit was dismissed as to him. The case was tried by jury, but after hearing the testimony of appellant a verdict was instructed for appellee.

Appellant testified that he was a practicing attorney residing in San Antonio, and that in the spring of 1895 he became acquainted with Lionel Graham, a British subject, who at that time was a director and inspector of…